- Author
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Purser, D. A.
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Gwynne, S. M. V.
- Title
- Identifying Critical Evacuation Factors and the Application of Egress Models.
- Coporate
- Hartford Environmental Research, UK
Hughes Associates, Inc., Baltimore, MD
- Report
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Volume 1,
- Book or Conf
- Interflam 2007. (Interflam '07). International Interflam Conference, 11th Proceedings. Volume 1. September 3-5, 2007,
London, England,
203-214 p.,
2007
- Keywords
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egress
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evacuation
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escape means
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human behavior
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occupants
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scenarios
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evaluation
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people movement
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flow rate
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stairways
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stairwells
- Identifiers
- performance-based design and forensic analyses of escape behavior; evacuation behaviors and escape times (Required Safe Escape Time (RSET); parameters (especially behavioural parameters); parameters amenable to calculations; warning and pre-travel activity time (PTAT) distributions; design behavioural scenarios and occupancy types; travel-PTAT interactions; factors affecting travel and flow into and through escape routes; stair capacity; merge ratios at storey exits